As previously said, Rommel has been widely discussed in these boards many times.

I personally think that he is one of the most over-rated generals of WWII, a tactical genious, and a mediocre strategist.

In WWII there were very few individuals who could affect the outcome of the war, the few generals that did so were in command levels far over Rommel: Eisenhower, Marshall, Nimitz, MacArthur, Slim, Vasilievski and Zhúkov. No German is on the list, thanks to the caothical command system.

And, of course, a mediocre strategist with no actual capacity to effectively command large formations with an awkward command structure above him, fighting a battle lost before hand… doesn't have the slightiest posibility to affect the outcome of the war, and even less in Germany's favour.

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